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== Anime and Manga ==
* Used frequently in the ''[[Gundam]]'' metaseries, from [[Char Clone|Char's]] iconic [[Red Ones Go Faster|red]] Zaku II in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' to Amuro's custom-build-from-scratch Nu Gundam in ''[[Chars Counterattack]]''.
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* ''[[Code Geass]]'' features several ace customs. The Knights of the Round are an elite, 12-person ace custom squad piloting highly personal, one-of-a-kind mechs, including the [[Transforming Mecha]] Tristan. The Japanese side has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2s_EeYBqJI Shinkiro] and the Zangetsu as their ace customs.
* Admirals on both sides in ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' get ace custom flagships, which tend to be slightly more powerful than their factions' regular fleet ships and serve as Ships of the Line in their [[Standard Sci-Fi Fleet|Standard Sci Fi Fleets]].
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Asuka often speaks and acts as though her Evangelion, the first production model, is an [[Ace Custom]].
== Literature ==
* Mack Maloney's ''Wingman'' series features numerous ace
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* Done in the ''[[BattleTech]]'' animated series, and in the world setting for the original game as well. Many "ace" Mechwarriors have unique mech variants, such as Justin Allard/Kai Allard-Liao's Yen-Lo-Wang ''Centurion'' or Natasha Kerensky's "Widowmaker" ''Daishi''.
** OmniMechs, with swappable hardpoints, were pretty much specifically invented to allow players to build their own ace customs.
* [[Warhammer
** Tau Commander Farsight has his own Battlesuit customized with the unique Dawnblade he found, subsequently making him the only tau unit dangerously competent in close combat, which suited his bloodthirsty tendencies.
* ''[[Heavy Gear]]'' in earlier versions integrated with RPG and had [[Design It Yourself Equipment|vehicle construction rules]]. Later it split into Arena naturally inclined to customization and Blitz! which is more strategical, and as such doesn't even have details enough for [[Design It Yourself Equipment]] approach. Thus Blitz! allows at most 2-3 variants of a model and Ace options, while strong, only improve statistics or allow new actions rather than add new toys.. ''but'' there's an intermediate stage: "Veteran options", i.e. upgrade variants available only for the tried troops (numbers of which are limited per army list).
== Video Games ==
* The [[Original Generation]] mecha of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' is ''overloaded'' with Super Prototypes and Ace Customs, there's far too many to mention.
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' occasionally has custom paint jobs used by enemy [[Ace Pilot
** ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II]]'': throughout series there are
* Getting technical, any of the titular mecha from ''[[Armored Core]]'' are ace customs. Each one is a specially built engine of destruction that accommodates the pilot's fighting style and can wield an astounding array of weaponry. Also, when Armored Core 4 appeared, mass production models of Cores appeared as [[Mooks]]
* ''[[Xenogears]]'' tends to go the ace custom route to an extreme. Named characters' Gears tend to be ''unique'' models custom-built for the pilot (or else [[Lost Technology]] [[Magitek]] that can't be reproduced at all), while mass-produced Gears are used by [[Mooks]].
* ''[[Custom Robo]]'' is, as the name suggests, all about ace customs.
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